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Leah Abney

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Books (SFF, horror, cozy mystery) • movies (horror, indies) • The X-Files, Psych, Interview with the Vampire, Andor • pro wrestling • physical media. she/they ♊️ I do also go outside, occasionally.

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Actress Lupita Nyong'o in a photo shoot for Glamour magazine with her cat Yoyo, who she adopted from a hostel in October 2023
#Caturday

21.10.2025 11:36 👍 65 🔁 9 💬 4 📌 2

A dog person, a cat person, a rat person, a snake person, etc. Cool. Don't like ANY animals? 👀 But saying w/ your whole chest "f*ck cats!" or u brag about giving your husband an ultimatum "your cats or me"--yeah, I know exactly the kind of person you are, and henceforth, I won't support your work. 🤷

06.03.2026 21:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

06.03.2026 19:47 👍 25231 🔁 6317 💬 223 📌 206
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We need your help bringing two pregnant women back home from ICE detention! Their loved ones and community are asking for financial assistance to support the family during these difficult times.

givebutter.com/bring-pregna...

06.03.2026 19:56 👍 97 🔁 87 💬 2 📌 5

Hailey is the coolest person I know, full stop.

She's so resilient and gives so much to others, in so many ways.

Cancer fucking sucks.

Please help her out if you can spare a few bucks. <3

06.03.2026 20:15 👍 27 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 0
OUR EARLY 2026 BOOK COVERS

FEBRUARY 3 - SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL by P.A. Cornell

MARCH 10 - IMAGINE A FRIEND by David Quantick

MAY 15 - OMNIBOZ: Tales from The Land of Oz, edited by JENDIA GAMMON and ERNIE CHIARA

JUNE 16 - OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM - A HORROR ANTHOLOGY, edited by Jendia Gammon, Gareth L. Powell, and Scarlett R. Algee

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(more info at starsandsabers.com/books)

OUR EARLY 2026 BOOK COVERS FEBRUARY 3 - SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL by P.A. Cornell MARCH 10 - IMAGINE A FRIEND by David Quantick MAY 15 - OMNIBOZ: Tales from The Land of Oz, edited by JENDIA GAMMON and ERNIE CHIARA JUNE 16 - OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM - A HORROR ANTHOLOGY, edited by Jendia Gammon, Gareth L. Powell, and Scarlett R. Algee Stars and Sabers Publishing Logo (more info at starsandsabers.com/books)

Behold our early 2026 book covers through June! See all of our current and forthcoming books at starsandsabers.com/books

06.03.2026 20:12 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 3
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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Almost done with the novel, so I’m thinking/hoping/dreaming about my next contract. Know what helps? Selling books! Seriously. Anyway, it’s almost half off! Go ahead, share what you love.

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06.03.2026 16:20 👍 89 🔁 45 💬 30 📌 7
Preorder The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein by 3/30 to Receive a Signed, Personalized copy! ON SALE 4/7/2026

loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspacetime 

featuring a photo of me, the loyalty logo and the cover of the book

Preorder The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein by 3/30 to Receive a Signed, Personalized copy! ON SALE 4/7/2026 loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspacetime featuring a photo of me, the loyalty logo and the cover of the book

!!!BOOK NEWS!!!

Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?

Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa...

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28.01.2026 19:34 👍 292 🔁 118 💬 18 📌 22
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Exciting 2026 Book Releases According to Chanda! This year there will be an incredible array of books by Black and/or queer scientists, and more!

I do have a list of book releases in 2026 that I think you should be buying/borrowing and reading, many of them non-fiction, all of them available through your local indie bookshop.org/lists/exciti...

06.03.2026 15:01 👍 38 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

LEVAR BURTON WOULD WANT YOU TO READ CHANDA'S BOOK SO U GUYS SHOULD DO THAT OK

06.03.2026 15:16 👍 44 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Ohio sends voter registration data of nearly 8 million residents to DOJ Secretary of State LaRose says the handover is required under federal law.

Wake up, Ohio.
www.10tv.com/article/news...

06.03.2026 18:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hear directly from Aliya Rahman, who was brutally pulled from her car and assaulted by ICE on her way to a doctor’s appointment, on the importance of extending the pre-eviction notice to 60 days. We are proud to have passed this policy today and are calling on Mayor Frey to sign it immediately.

05.03.2026 18:22 👍 422 🔁 144 💬 5 📌 4

Also: this has a 5000 or so word long free section, so please do check it out even if you don't want to pay!

27.02.2026 20:38 👍 138 🔁 23 💬 4 📌 0
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Premee Mohamed Bookshop Premee Mohamed is a Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. She has also been a finalist for the Hug...

Anyway, happy World Book Day! If you had gone back in time and told Young Bugge that she would be a published author one day she probably would have recoiled in horror ("OTHER PEOPLE are reading my stuff?!!?") but anyway, today is a good day to horrify her in some psychotemporal way

05.03.2026 19:29 👍 83 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0
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The Science of Unlearning And Why Organizers Need It “Nobody had a story about unlearning that didn’t include a connection with other people,” says Lewis Raven Wallace.

I talked with @lewispants.bsky.social about the art and science of transformation, how people *really* let go of harmful beliefs, and how we can cultivate the conditions that make unlearning possible.

05.03.2026 15:01 👍 153 🔁 44 💬 2 📌 6

Life is short, friends. Spend as much of it as you can loving people.

05.03.2026 16:50 👍 440 🔁 108 💬 6 📌 3
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Locus Awards Announces Guest of Honor Stephen Graham Jones locusmag.com/2026/03...

05.03.2026 20:11 👍 88 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 1
“IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND is what all the best fairy tales ought to be - bloody, frightening, uncanny, and wild. A perfect reimagining of a classic!”

—A. C. Wise, Bram Stoker award-nominated author of Wolf Moon, Antler Moon

“IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND is what all the best fairy tales ought to be - bloody, frightening, uncanny, and wild. A perfect reimagining of a classic!” —A. C. Wise, Bram Stoker award-nominated author of Wolf Moon, Antler Moon

Thank you to the incredible A.C. Wise for this blurb for IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND.

Available June 9

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803654...

05.03.2026 17:46 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery

So grateful that Carnalis has received a STARRED REVIEW from Booklist! 🥳🩷🥩📚

www.booklistonline.com/products/982...

04.03.2026 19:36 👍 32 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 2

just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war

04.03.2026 06:43 👍 1928 🔁 484 💬 36 📌 24
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A few books I want to recommend for the #transrightsreadathon which runs March 17-31

04.03.2026 20:41 👍 24 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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Absolutely honoured to say that Waterstones has picked Hekate as book of the month. Verse novels and poets do not normally get this kind of love, so I am BEYOND grateful for this. 🥹🖤

01.03.2026 14:23 👍 159 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 2

If you haven't read this piece yet, please do. "I am disgusted to know that my tax dollars are being spent to bomb my ancestral homeland. I was sickened to wake up to messages from family members telling me that the city where they live was under attack from the country where I live."

01.03.2026 15:48 👍 195 🔁 80 💬 2 📌 3
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100+ Black-Owned Bookstores in the U.S. There are hundreds of Black-owned bookstores in the U.S. to explore! Check them out here, sorted by state.

This list was created by journalist Char Adams, the author of Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore.

bookriot.com/black-owned-...

💙📚 #booksky

26.02.2026 14:54 👍 71 🔁 40 💬 0 📌 2
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Radical Black Women of Harlem Walking Tour | Barnard Center for Research on Women The Radical Black Women of Harlem Walking Tour was researched by Asha Futterman with support from Mariame Kaba, with map design by Arrianna Planey, and publication design by Neta Bomani. This tour gui...

To kick off Women's History Month, I'm sharing a booklet that we made for our Radical Black Women of Harlem walking tour. It's free to download and you can organize your own self-guided tours using the booklet. bcrw.barnard.edu/publications... - made this when I was a researcher in residence.

01.03.2026 16:46 👍 184 🔁 81 💬 3 📌 0
"Glorious and visceral" Chuck Wendig

"Glorious and visceral" Chuck Wendig

TUESDAY: @haileypiperfights.bsky.social's dark fantasy epic returns to print at Bad Hand Books in a gorgeous new edition. Do not miss it.

Thank you to @chuckwendig.bsky.social for the kind words.

Order your copy: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/no-gods-fo...

01.03.2026 17:00 👍 19 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

In 2023 when Spyglass fired Melissa Barrera for posting a statement against the genocide in Gaza, I removed it from my watchlist. Please join the boycott of Spyglass & Scream 7. Also, check out the mini-series, Keep Breathing (2022), a wilderness survival story in which Barrera absolutely shines.

27.02.2026 19:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Buddy Guy: Tiny Desk Concert With a little help from his Sinners co-star Miles Caton, the near-nonagenarian legend gives the Tiny Desk a history lesson in the blues.

With a little help from his Sinners co-star Miles Caton, the near-nonagenarian legend gives the Tiny Desk a history lesson in the blues. n.pr/4tPjN7o

27.02.2026 10:15 👍 1096 🔁 351 💬 9 📌 45
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Contact OTHERSIDE - OTHERSIDE Contact OTHERSIDE, a quarterly literary magazine of speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

With Issue 1 out soon, a reminder that we have community copies available if you can't afford to subscribe right now, donated by lovely Kickstarter backers.

Please don't stress or feel you have to justify yourself—we don't ask questions! Simply use our contact form to request a community copy 🪐🗡️

27.02.2026 16:00 👍 21 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0

It's not just that I resent having to turn your AI agent off every three days because you refuse to respect my settings: I also want its ugly-ass annoying logo and constant reminder of its existence to vanish from my UI. I don't want it, I don't want to look at it, I don't want to think about it.

27.02.2026 16:03 👍 109 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 2